Italy · 11th century
The Castello della Pietra (in German: castle of the stone) is a rock castle built in the 13th century near the Ligurian municipality of Vobbia. It lies in the Val Vobbia, a side valley of the Scrivia in the Metropolitan City of Genoa.
The castle stands raised between two rocky cones which form a natural fortification. It dominates the connecting road to Isola del Cantone, which runs along the river Vobbia. The Castello della Pietra can be reached only on foot, by a woodland path and then a steep staircase.
Machine-translated from “Castello della Pietra” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castello della Pietra ranks #5,981 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #425 of the 560 mapped in Italy. Founded 1100, it is older than 85% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 436 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. 19 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Milan, 96 km away. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.
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